Past Players

Wesley Hoolahan (Norwich City)

Wesley Hoolahan was a member of the Norwich City side that won promotion to the Premier League in 2010/11. The Canaries, managed by Paul Lambert, finished in a comfortable mid table position in their fist season back in the Premier League in 2011/12. Wes has had an excellent season so far in the 20012/13 season under new manager Chris Houghton resulting in a call up to the Republic of Ireland squad where he received his second cap against Greece at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

Stephen Kelly (Fulham FC)

Defender Stephen Kelly joined Spurs from Belvedere before transferring to Fulham. He then signed for Reading in January 2013. Stephen has been capped 20 times at full senior level for the Republic of Ireland and he became the first Belvo player to captain Ireland when he wore the arm-band against Uruguay in 2012. Stephen is from the Finglas area in Dublin.

Richie Foran (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)

Richie Foran the lionhearted won the FAI Youths Cup winners’ medal with Belvedere before going on to play for Shelbourne in the League of Ireland. He was transferred to Carlisle in 2001 and then played for a number of clubs in England and Scotland before joining Inverness in the SPL, where he is the club captain. A regular goal-scoring striker, he played a number of times for Ireland’s U21 team. Richie is from the North Wall area of Dublin’s Inner City.

Mark Kennedy (Ipswich Town)

Belvedere's veteran professional at 35, Mark Kennedy has been in England for almost 20 years, playing with Millwall, Liverpool, Cardiff and others before joining Ipswich Town where is now a coach, following his retirement from playing. He has been capped 34 times at full senior level for Ireland and is Belvo's most capped senior international.

Mark is from the Blanchardstown area in Dublin. He started his football life as a goalkeeper before converting to an attacker with Belvo.

Belvedere Players with British Professional Clubs in the 2012/13 season